Tier



J. KRUTTSCHNITT.

TIER. I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1920.

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J. KRUTTSCHNITT.

TIER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. l2 I920.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922;

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Parent worm Knurrsonnir'r, new roan, n. Y.

TIER.

Application filed January 12, 1925. Serial No. 350,791.

I/ '0 uZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Joint hnrrrrsoiini'rr, a citizen oi' the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New Yorlqhave invented certain new and usefulimprovements in liters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tier ior ropes, cords, and other cordage, including wires and has for its object to provide a device 0 this character adapted for use where it is jl sired to employ the hitch known as the aokwall. It equally well adapted as a package tie for use withjlight cord, or as a bale tie for use with wire, or as a rope tie for use with lines generally.

further object is to provide a device of? this character o'f'siinple and cheap con struction, capable of repeated use, and which will afford greater security in tying the Rlackwall hitch, so that while such hitch may be easily cast off when the strain is relieved, it will not become easily detached by unintentional relaxing of such strain, as the case with the hitch when tied upon an ordinary hook.

A further object to permit the ready release or the cordage, and when used as a package tie a firm securing of the ends of the cord without knotting the cord.

These and further objects of the invention reinattter detailed are realized by the sevl embodiments thereof illustrated in the :u .ompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a section of tent. having an :ensiou to its top in the form of a fly engaged by my improved tier, to which is attached a rope passed over a tent peg in the usual manner, the tour successive steps in tying the Blackwall hitch beingillustrated as applied to the series of hooks shown. in its several stages. Fig. 2 is a side View in elevation of thetier of Fig. 1,..Fig. 3 showing the tier of Fig. 2 when viewed at right ring s to the position shown in Fig. 2 and also in elevation. InFigs. 1, 2 and 3 the tier is shown as composed. of a wire or rod ap n-opriately bent. Fig. i is a perspective view of the tier in substantially the same form, as previously illustrated, made by casting. Fig. 5 shows the application of the form of tier illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 as composed of a bent wire or rod with an eye formed therein in lieu of the hook shown in prior figures. Fig. 5 shows the form of application of this tier to a fixture for engaging the eye thereo't', with a line bent thereabout. Fig. 6 is an elcvational view, nd'Fig. 7 is a View at rightangles thereto. Fig. (5 is an illustration of the type of hook shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, of cast form, the rope shownin association therewith being tied in a Blackwall hitch, part of the rope being cut away to appear in section to show the relative position of the tier and of the rope asengaged therewith. Figs. 9 and 10 show the adaptation of my invention to a hook form of tier provided with an eye, Fig. 9 showing same in elevation and Fig. 10 being a view at right angles thereto. Figs. 11 and 12 show the application of the form of hook illustrated in Figs. 13 and le as a package tie. Fig. 13 is an elevational view of the tie formed from a rod or wire of spring. metal. Fig. 14: is a view at right angles thereto. Fig. 11 shows a package with a cord thereabout, one end of the cord being engaged in the open eye of the spring shank and clampedthereby when the Blackwall hitch is formed and tightened, as shown in Fig. 12. Figs. 15 and 16 illustrate the application of the form of hook shown in F1gs.1'i and 18 to a package as a fourway tie, Fig. 17 showing the perspective elevation of the tie in this form, and Fig. 18 an elevation at right angles thereto. Fig. 15 shows the method of tying the Blackwall hitch thereupon, and Fig 16 the means provided by the hook for securing the cord when passed about the package at right angles to the direction of the cord forming the hitch. Fig. 19 is a modified form of tie, preferably formed as a metal stamping, and is intended for use with wire or wire rope, as for example in a cotton bale tie. Fig.

is a further modification showing in elevation a duplex tie, the shank engaging the tie elements being offset to permit of strain being exerted in the same line as shown when a Blackwall is formed at each end thereof, illustrated.

Throughout the several figures like numerals of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 1 is the shank "of the tier, in this case formed of a metallic rod bent upon itself and having the closed end bent downwardly to form the hook 4, and having the two free ends bent upwardly to form the respective hooks 2 and 3, the hook 2 having a shorter shank than llt) the hook 3, so that the two hooks are relatively disposed in the same plane and are mutually offset in a relatively diagonal direction for the purpose, hereinafter eX- plained. The hook 4 is adapted to engage an eye and is shown inFig. 1 as engaging the extended edge of a tent cover 6. The

- the hitch known as the Blackwall.

below the hooks, as shown at A. \cml oi the rope is then passed between the hook .3 an ;l.zthe,,rope en aged therewlth, as

the bight of the hook, easily, detached when desired. the hooksrat unequal hook members 2, 3 areparticularly adapted to eo-operate with a rope in the formation of The successive steps of tying the Blackwall hitch are illustrated in Fig. 1 in a series of positionsindicated by the letters A, B, Cand D. fllhe rope 5,.being first attached to a tent peg over the shank and or the like, is passed The free D V shownat B. It ].S then passed upwardly and over the hook and 111 contact therewlth, as shown at C, and 1s thenbrought downwardly between ytheibight of the hook and the rope, as shown at D, and tightened, so that the strain upon the length of rope engaging the tent peg jamsthe treeend of the rope against from which it maybe By forming heights the tendencyot the hitch to relieve itself when the strain is unintentionally relaxed is overcome as the loop end ofthe ropepassing aboutthe shank of the hook is preventedirom slipping down by its engagement with the hook 2, thereby preserving the line of strain and applying the force thereof I more directly to the jammed endot' the rope, promoting the seourity oi .the hitch and intentionally cast-oft. In the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 7,-inclusive, the tier is shown as composed otspring metal, and the means for permanent attachment in lieu of the hook form shown as 4. in Fig. 2, ishsubstituted by the eye 7. The material being of spring metal, the shanks otthe hooks may be spread to plane.

(forming-the tie from .ing-sam t may be permit accesstothe eye, or cordage maybe passed directly through the eye, all elementsot the tier lying in the same In Fig. 8 the bight of the lower hook is shown .as substantially of the configuration of the cord to be jammed therein, the curvatureoftheconcavityiof the hook 3 approxiplating tllQlfilCllllSQf thecord to be engaged, a-coiistructlon wh ch maybe iound desirable under certain conditions otusc. Figs. 8 to 10, inclusive, illustrate the modlfieatlon of .inv invention relatively to Figs. 5 to 7, in-

clusive, which Fig. l bears to.the form shown in Figs. lrto 2;, inclusive; that is, instead of a metallic rod by bendformed by casting with .ture as it is a metal stamping its permanence until r the solid shank as a'single piece of metal.

in Figs. ll'to 18, inclusive, the tiershown is in modified form, in which, in lieu of the eye Tfan open slot or eye is "formed between the respective shanks 8 and 9 of the hooks 2 and 3. The spring of the metal is utilized to clamp therebetween the free end 10 of the cord passed about the package 11, the shanks being clamped thereon by the tightening of the hitch so that no knotting of the cord is neces ary. A like adaptation is employed in the forms illustrated in Figs. 17 and 18. In

this extension of the invention the hooks 2 and '3 have extended offsets 12 and 13 adapted to receive and retain thecord 14, as shown in Fig. 16, in the form of a supplementalhitch thereabout, the strain of the second hitch being at right angles to the strainer the first. In Fig. 19 is shown an adaptation of the tier tothe special utilities of engagement with a Wire or wire rope, as

for example in a cotton bale tie. This form particularly economical manufacwhose edges are Ol)]6ClllOIl2ll3le for use as a cordage tie but permits: a

better adapted for the purpose of engagement with wire. The tier 15 here shown is a unitary piece ofmetal engaging the wire 16 by the eye formed therein, which wire is then adapted to, be passed about a bale and tied ina Blackwall around the loops 2 and 3 and hitched thereto. lnthe extension of the invention shown in Fig. 20, a duplication of the hitching hooks is shown as term1natand adapted toprovide a seat for the crossed portion o'f a Blackwell hitch, and another hook on the opposite side of said shank elevated above the first mentioned hook and vadapted to form a, seatfor the loop portion of the Blackwall hitch, said seats being so positioned relatively as to cause the crossing portions of such hitch to hav-ea relatively long contact surface, while permitting facile passage of theunder strand beneath the up per strand during the maintenance of relatively great strain on the re 3e.

1 JOHN KRUTTSCHNITT. 

